The Life Of Symbols

by Mary Lecron Foster, Lucy Botscharow

Overview

This volume considers the role of analogy in symbol formation, with reference to bodily process. It focuses on symbols and symbolic structures that can be traced over millenia and across geographical distance and addresses the beginnings of figurative art in the Upper Paleolithic cave paintings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367309022
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/31/2021
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mary LeCron Fosteran, Lucy Jain

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — Beginnings — The Ontogeny and Phylogeny of Symbolizing — The Origin of Counting: A Rethinking of Upright Posture — Paleolithic Semiotics: Behavioral Analogs to Speech in Acheulean Sites — Analogy, Language, and the Symbolic Process — Persistence and Congruity — Red Ocher in the Paleolithic — Philosophy of the Corpse: Modes of Disposal and Their Cultural Correlates — “Neolithic” Patterns of Face Representation: A Neuro-Evolutionary Ecological Study — Cognitive Cores and Flint Flakes — Figuration — Corralling Life — Representation of Movement in Upper Paleolithic Figurative Art — Symbols and Sacred Images of Old Europe — Abstraction — A Neolithic Sign System in Southeastern Europe — The Birth and Life of Signs

Editorial Reviews

Thirteen contributions address the origin and development of symbols as the product of a dynamic of change and conservation, building toward a unified theory of cultural evolution. Employing a variety of methodologies and interpretive strategies, they trace the persistence and transformation of particular forms of verbal and nonverbal symbolization over time and space. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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